From dda725c98ca4313eb93e689151c8125ab8e95fc3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mike Smith Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 04:13:01 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Mention a bug in the Mylex driver's geometry handling. --- release/texts/TROUBLE.TXT | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/release/texts/TROUBLE.TXT b/release/texts/TROUBLE.TXT index fa5735701b0d..0078a8c2d59b 100644 --- a/release/texts/TROUBLE.TXT +++ b/release/texts/TROUBLE.TXT @@ -383,4 +383,11 @@ A: There is a problem with the onboard Ethernet in the Netfinity 3500 will have to install another Ethernet adapter and avoid attempting to configure the onboard adapter at any time. +Q: When I install onto a drive managed by a Mylex PCI RAID controller, + the system fails to boot (eg. with a "read error" message). + +A: There is a bug in the Mylex driver which results in it ignoring + the '8GB' geometry mode setting in the BIOS. Use the 2GB mode + instead. + [ Please send hardware tips for this Q&A section to jkh@freebsd.org ]